Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-04-19
LOST ON MOUNT wAsHBuRN.

schwsiks expedition to isllo~',one Park.
h.. finished his winter tour after eneoan.
,ering many difficulties and dangers. aud
he. once more returned 90 civilization.
lie cut loose from Schwsika at the Nor
ri. Geyser Basin. aud pushed ahead with
three guides into the depth Of the park.
In the upper basin Mr. Hsyns. secured
negatives Of Old Faithful. Castle Grand
Gro,o. Splendid and all the other fam.
ou. gey.sr while In eruption. lie found
in ,hi. basin and Transferred 10 negatives
many beautiful and interesting scenes
-hieh only exist Ia the park under I.
midwin,sr sun. AZ the falls he found
the grand cataract bridgsd by q thick
.kee, OF Ice a, the brink. which hung oa,
out several feet beyond the awful Prsei-
piee. growing longer zach day as the spray
aud water were caught and eonsealed be-
fore falling.
From the falls. Haynes aud hi. guides
returned by the old Noun, WAshbura
trail, which Il impossible for wheels or
runner, at any time Of the year. add must
be- made on hor.sbsek OF a.foot IA sun
mer. and with the aid Of .now.sho,' in
the winter month. They leis the falls
.srly in the morning. hoping 10 reach
Y.hesy'. cabin the same day. They
,ook no baggage. leaving luggage Of ~.
,ry description a, the falls. and e'ri'd
no,hing except the clothing on their per-
cons, and two biscuits each. They
reached The summit Of Mount WA'hbufn
shout two O'Clock IN the afternoon IN
elevation Of 10. $40 feet. md found the
figidi,y Of the atmosphere simply eelond
conception. The sight from III. loiiy
peak. however. repaid them for all the
trouble, l.tor and di'oomforis endured
Although they had been travelling IN
clear ,unshiny atmosphere up 10 This
point. on the opposite eide Of the noun
i.in they found = binding bhrf.rd rag
ing. into which they boldly plunged.
Bu, travelling va. simply impossible and
80 they were compelled 10 'iop and - ia'
20 camp.
Win their sno~.,hoes they seooped
o4t hole 10 the snow aboat four feet
.qasre. in which they kindlcd FIRE "a
sssp from ife,ling Gniually The IRE
Melted the sno- Until slobc.'hsP'd
hollos W., formed. which afforded isiI
.aelier f5f them In this aleosc they
passed ihiuy.sx hours waiting iof TIE
bhSfnd 10 bios itself cut.
The ltxt morning the storm bal sub
.,d,d. and ihe Temperature had gfo~n
iiile mili,r. bai thi. la''er change eao''d
dense TX 20 ri's. which rendered D
I.fieui 10 catch bearings. Inry uA''
led all that day In the 6s. elninnsli
descending. which made u pfsiy esfi'i'
,h., ihsy must be gong Ia ihe iishi 81
r,ci.on. for III mountain wss benin.
them. Trey thought. and they could n''
9...,bly r,lr.oe their 'ePs. ,N;spi bl
travelling upsafd.
After making abolitssniy miles nish
.sa.n overlook them IN tbs mountains
.nd hungry. f.iigusd and neatly frozen
they .coopsd ol, ano'hsr hollow ba''a %
he snow, and passed The nishi prul
much the same a. the pf,erdlng one
The dawn broke clear and icy. bat uPo'
going % = nsighbofing ridge and scan
ding the surrounding clo'ely. The &c
"a. made spparen, that, northumberland
al the dosnwad travelling ~hlch ihel
though, had been sesoypli'h'd' ihsl
s,rs actually With a shoii distance OF
The ,po, ~hsrs they bad made camp 'h'
nisb, b. fore. Without food, weak. iirec
md hungry. the party broke camp. and
9Th true American giIi and eoar'g'
.iaf,,d out. bra,sly determined 20 max
Yancs,. ihA, day At all hazards. Aoon'
5 o'clock they reached the cabin. an'
-,re welcomed A. only the true Norii
Amsfican mouialnser cAn make a Nay
srng traveller welcome. Here The ioli
brave men exercised extreme jadicioas
n,s. in 20, psriAking u foot immediate
lJ but they drank freely Of ho, black
q, Tee for few hour. and then ate heart
ly of warm supper. Next mouin.
hey started for Mammoth Hot SPRING.
-hich they reached wiihou, farther inci
dent. sseep, the usual interesting seeom'
hsnimsni. u snow.shoc travelling o'ei
non.tiogs depths Of snow.
While wandering around aud over VI
wUhburn. where they spent nearly sew
eniy five nogr., the four explorer. eHpe'
isneed many narrow escapes from dan
siou. snow-.lidss. Oae avalanche 'ho'
io~n the mountain. ~hich must have
been a mile in width. IL tore trees W
~ the roots. picked up huge bouldsr'
ike % many pebbles. aud allowed moth
NIX in the way Of rock., irs.. earth. Of
anything ,l,e TO check IL IN iis mad CO.
reer An avsl.nehe. when It first s'si,'
from the ,umm, i, nothing bat ire'
nsndJus mas OF snow. bat a. u goes
dong. the rocks. trees. And rubbish pick
"A up become a par, and parcel Of 70.
h.yne. aud hi, comrades saw slides Of
more OF lee. volume every few minutes
they were constantly expecting to be
sep, into eternity. aud 1, is one Of the
miracles Of the day that they escaped
from the park with their h'e,.
One snow slide occurred only lev
feet from them. sweeping down The noun.
tain eide AID Carrying everything before
It. and the poin, on which they ~sr'
standing a, tue time actually moved
few feet. bu, w.. resisted by some heavy
bould,r aud did no, gs, fully under ~sy
One of the guides says says be Is sure u
moved down bill sbou, forty inches. and
for second be though, all Of them were
doomed. hi. snow-,hoe. were resting
on the ground yard distant. and these
the Av.lsnehe picked W and carried
down the mOuntain.